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Poetry
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Figurative Language
Science Fiction
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This type of poetry is performed live, rather than read silently.
What is Spoken Word Poetry?
100
This civil rights leader was known for his idealogy of nonviolence.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This is the difference between a metaphor and a simile.
What is the use of Like or As?
100
This is a famous group of stories about the rise of artificial intelligence, or robots, among humanity.
What is I, Robot?
100
This takes place from the narrator's perspective, and uses words like I, Me, We, Us, etc.
What is First Person Perspective?
200
This means the poem has no specific rhyme scheme or structure.
What is Free Verse?
200
This civil rights leader believed in self-defense and self-determination.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
This is the creation of words that imitates natural sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
In this story about equality, extraordinary people are handicapped by the government.
What is Harrison Bergeron?
200
This type of perspective takes place from an all-knowing position, and uses words like He, She, They, Them, etc.
What is Third Person Perspective?
300
A spoken word poetry performance or competition.
What is a Slam?
300
Malcolm X believed the civil rights struggle should attempt to be solved through this method before resorting to violence.
What is Voting/Democracy?
300
This type of irony is also known as sarcasm.
What is Verbal Irony?
300
This is when everyone gets exactly the same thing.
What is Equality?
300
This type of Irony is represented when the audience knows something that the character's don't.
What is Dramatic Irony?
400
This type of Group Poetry strings together separate, individual stories concerning the same subject matter.
What is Clothesline?
400
Dr. King wrote his famous letter to the clergymen in this American city and state.
What is Birmingham, Alabama?
400
This is the act of giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
What is Personification?
400
These are the two main characteristics of the Science Fiction genre.
What are They are set in the Future and They use futuristic Technology?
400
This is a type of African grassland, and is continually imagined by children living in a "smart house."
What is A Veldt?
500
This type of group poetry uses multiple performers to tell one distinct, chronological story.
What is Ladder?
500
What book does Dr. King reference to persuade the clergymen to consider his argument?
What is The Bible?
500
This is an excessive exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
500
This is when everyone gets what they need.
What is Equity?
500
This type of Irony is represented when the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens.
What is Situational Irony?